A few weeks ago, a member of Dividend Stocks Rocks enquired about Enbridge and Transcanada. Since both companies are trading on the same symbol on both US and Canadian market and that they are at the center of the attention with the Keystone XL pipeline, I thought it worthwhile to take a look at them. While small oil companies cut their dividends and oil exploration related companies saw their contracts cut, there is still a type of company related to oil that is providing immediate growth …
Wells Fargo – a Social Bank with Potential
During the 2008 financial crisis, all US banks dropped like a rock. All of them? Not really, there was one bank that survived this catastrophic year and even posted a small gain of 1.31%. While the S&P 500 lost 37.6% and the worst banks such as Citigroup (C ) and Bank of America (BAC) lost 76.8% and 65.30% respectively, the “Warren Buffett bank”, Wells Fargo (WFC), bought Wachovia banks and became the 4th largest bank by assets and the largest bank by market capitalization. But not …
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Procter & Gamble (PG) Expensive Dividend Stock?
Back in 2012, I did a Procter & Gamble (PG) analysis. At that time, I concluded this was a great dividend stocks but there wasn’t much space for future growth to a relatively high P/E ratio and additional pressures on margins. It seems I was dead wrong: The company went through a tougher period after my analysis (at least, I’m not a complete fool! Hahaha!) but took actions and it is now on the roll. You can see on the following graph that EPS went down on 2013 but kicked back up …
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Genuine Parts (GPC) Third Quarter Results + Why You Should Buy This Stock
Genuine Parts just released its third quarter results with record sales totaling $4.0 billion were up 8% compared to the third quarter of 2013. EPS were also up by 11% ($1.24 vs $1.12). We will go through the main highlights of their reports, but first, we will analyze what Genuine Parts has been doing over the past five years and determine whether or not it should be part of your dividend portfolio. This dividend aristocrat has not only increased its dividend payment since 1957, it …
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Apple (AAPL) Fourth Quarter Results + Why You Should Buy This Stock
Apple just released its fourth quarter with stronger results than expected: $42.1 billion in revenue vs $37.5 in Q4 2013 $1.42 Earnings per share vs $1.18 in Q4 2013 16% sales jump for iPhones 20% EPS growth in 2014 $13.3 billion in cash flow Declared dividend of $0.47/share We will go through the main highlights of their reports, but first, we will analyze what Apple has been doing with its cash over the past few years. If you look at …
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All You Need To Know About Stock Splits
Every once in a while, when a company is doing well on the market, there is an announcement of a stock split. A stock split means that for each share you own as a shareholder, you will receive additional shares. Most of the time, we see 2:1 split, which means that you will receive an additional share for each share you own already. What is the real impact of a stock split? Is it a good thing? Is it a bad thing? Is it simply a marketing move? This is what we are going to look into …
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